Sebastian Coe, candidate for IOC President, pledges to reform the organization, emphasizing increased athlete input and a need for modernization. He highlights the importance of adapting to climate change and exploring new concepts like shifting the timing of winter sports.
Coe has vowed to shake up the IOC , claiming 'too much power is in the hands of too few people'. Describing the election as 'the dance I just couldn't sit out', Coe said: 'The question I ask myself as a member is - 'what input do I and other members have?' 'And the reality of it is, there isn't enough. I'm not sure we're making the most of the extraordinary talent that sits alongside me. The IOC is not a broken organisation but it can be so much better and it needs change.
' In his proposals, Coe reinforces previous pledges to boost youth sport, introduce 'clear, science-based policies' to amid continuing debate in sport over gender eligibility rules, and to listen to athletes. He also says that: 'To sustain the Games we must grow - not just financially but also in reach and relevance. Commercial partners and broadcasters want modernisation.' Speaking at the Olympic Park in Stratford, Coe - who chaired the organising committee of London 2012 - added: 'Climate change is going to fundamentally make us have to think about the global calendar, where we take our events and the times of the year that we take our events. 'And some people have even suggested that we might want to look at the balance between the winter and summer Games. 'You have venues where some sports are indoors. You could in theory take them into another time of the year, maybe a winter Games. 'So these are all the things that I would encourage debate to take place on, because only when we have that debate can we discard the things that may not work. 'Only in collaboration with the winter sports and all those organisations out there. We have the Association of National Olympic Committees. We have the summer federations that are represented, and some of that has to be a collaborative approach. But I think we should always be open to new and fresh thinking.' because of the impact of climate change, and accepted 'a need to adapt the Olympic Winter Games'
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